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Originally Posted by Shaggy
It may be possible, but do you really think that DRM restricts those rights by accident? It's the publishers who have chosen to take those rights away. DRM could allow those rights as well, if they wanted it to. The first thing you'd have to do is convince the publishers to give us those rights back.
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Yes, but I think it is really difficult to to keep control AND give those rights. And these publishers seem to be heavily into control.
My view, is that this is THEIR problem. We can give feedback as to if a particular scheme will satisfy us, or not. Like: how could DRM be acceptable to us - what would have to exist first? Would a lending system like the Nook pioneered be acceptable for lending? Would selling used eBooks through an exchange be acceptable?
We can say what we will do individually. For me, they will not be getting my money for eBooks at their desired price and their currently delivered rights. Borrowed and used paper books are too available and cost effective.
And we can show how tenuous their position is. One break-way publisher offering a new and generous model to authors can leave the Big 6 with diminishing new talent. Once eBooks become a significant part of the market - these Big 6 Publishers primarily become middlemen in an environment that needs fewer middlemen.